Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: > > >Robert Edmonds wrote: > >> > >> Here's another benefit I see from certifications like this: > >> there are > >> things that all of us know how to do, but if asked to walk > >> someone through > >> it over the phone, couldn't do it. For example, for me it > >> would be DNS > >> configuration. I can do it, but I can't tell YOU how to do > >> it. I know it > >> just well enough to kind of stumble through it and get it > >> working. And I > >> can get it working CORRECTLY. It's just that I am weak in > that > >> area. With > >> a performance based test in a lab situation, I could pass by > >> getting it to > >> work, but I may not be able to answer the question > correctly on > >> paper. And, > >> in my opinion, it's more important to be able to "walk the > >> walk" than "talk > >> the talk". What do you think? > > > >Talking the talk is very important too. Think proactively. > Hopefully, before > >long, you'll be moving up in the world. If you can train your > replacement to > >do what you did, then you can move up with fewer impediments. > If you can't > >train a replacement, then you may not be able to move up, or > you may move up > >and continually get calls from your replacement asking for > your help. > > Increasingly, I like my conceit of talking the walk.
I should have said talking the walk. That's what I had in mind. > Talking > the talk > may be more characteristic of sales. Remember, some of the > important > distinctions between a seller of used cars and an account > executive > for networking are that the seller of used cars both knows when > he is > lying and how to drive. > > Walking the talk also makes more sense -- it is the ability to > listen > and learn, and can be generalized to researching who has talked > about > what. Or it could be trying to implement what that talkative sales person sold you?? ;-) Priscilla > > > > > > >I have worked with engineers who have never given any thought > to learning, > >training, etc. You know the type who can only work with > concrete things and > >considers any social science like education or psychology to > be hogwash. ;-) > > Were it not for social sciences like anthropology, you and I > couldn't > be tribal elders or shamans. > > >These types get stuck doing all sorts of mundane things that > are beneath > >them because they can't explain to someone else how to do it. > This probably > >doesn't apply to you, but it's just something to think about. > > > >It's funny that you use DNS as an example. I'm working with an > engineer > >right now who has said he will show me his DNS tasks but he > has failed to do > >this. I wonder if it's because he only does it once in a while > and is afraid > >that he won't be able to explain it to me. I'll try to go easy > on him, now > >that you have helped me see his side of the story. :-) > > > >Priscilla > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54572&t=54435 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
